Balkan campaigns of the Red Army

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The Balkan campaigns of the Red Army were a series of World War II offensives in Southeastern Europe in 1944–1945, during which Soviet forces, often in coordination with local partisan movements, helped liberate countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia from Axis control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
commandedBy Soviet High Command (Stavka) ⓘ
linked to: Soviet High Command
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence collapse of Axis positions in the Balkans ⓘ
facilitation of communist takeovers in several Balkan states ⓘ
coordinatedWith Bulgarian Army after Bulgaria switched sides in 1944 ⓘ
Romanian forces after the 23 August 1944 coup ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisans led by Josip Broz Tito ⓘ
linked to: Yugoslav Partisans
countryInvolved Soviet Union ⓘ
dateEvent 1945 ⓘ
August 1944 ⓘ
October 1944 ⓘ
September 1944 ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
includes Belgrade Offensive ⓘ
Budapest Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Budapest

Debrecen Offensive ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Debrecen

Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive ⓘ
Vienna Offensive ⓘ
operations in Bulgaria ⓘ
operations in Hungary ⓘ
operations in Romania ⓘ
operations in Yugoslavia ⓘ
operations in eastern Austria ⓘ
location Balkans ⓘ
Southeastern Europe ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
militaryTheater Balkan theatre of World War II ⓘ
opponent Axis powers ⓘ
Independent State of Croatia ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
participant Red Army ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
result establishment of Soviet influence in the Balkans ⓘ
liberation of Bulgaria from Axis control ⓘ
liberation of Romania from Axis control ⓘ
liberation of parts of Yugoslavia from Axis control ⓘ
withdrawal of German forces from much of the Balkans ⓘ
startTime 1944 ⓘ
strategicObjective cut off German forces in Greece ⓘ
drive German forces out of Southeastern Europe ⓘ
secure the southern flank of the Red Army ⓘ
supported Bulgarian resistance movement ⓘ
Romanian anti-Axis forces ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ

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Fyodor Tolbukhin → notableWork → Balkan campaigns of the Red Army ⓘ
Danube military operations → hasPart → World War II Lower Danube campaign ⓘ
linked to: Balkan campaigns of the Red Army
Armeeoberkommando → theaterOfOperations → Balkan campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Balkan campaigns of the Red Army